Black and White – Page 171 – photography from the Chesapeake Bay watershed by Bill Emory

Flying a sign

high street 250 cho — All of her signs had “God Bless” written across the bottom. That’s a trope now. Whether your claim is that of a homeless veteran or a Katrina victim or just a wise-ass gutterpunk with a sign that says, “I need beer,” writing “God Bless” on the bottom of your sign is telling passersby that you’re safe, you’re good, you’re just unlucky, but you’re right with the Lord.–Vice

Psalm 100

DTM — Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with
singing.–KJV

complicated dreams

skull and bones — I slept next to the manatee ribs. I’d done it before.

day of rest

the German church — The Hebron Lutheran Church, Madison County, Virginia. Pastor Patricia Covington, church built 1740. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places 1971

John and Edward, flip phone

JSD ELD Bizou

A clean, well-lighted cafe was a very different thing.–EH

Downtown Thai for sale — Very sad to see this sign yesterday.

DTT kitchen — Missing the people, the place, the food and the drink.

75mph

industrial landscape — north side of I-10, east Texas

day of rest

church Waco TX — Greater Bethel Church of God in Christ, 401 Preston St, Waco, Texas. PASTOR Bobby L. Roberson, ASST. PASTOR Elder Tommy Banks
Mother Church

Flame

Sohia, bean house, Slabtown — I miss the dead.

February 8 brushfire — Send up a big smoke, get their attention.

sunrise

Town Creek AM — Yesterday a tractor trailer was blown off the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, winds were gusting to 45 mph, snow fell. The water here was churned to the horizon. This morning it is like a millpond. Another day.